20 NOV 23 Monday: A Closer Walk Devotional
“Then the devil, who had deceived them was thrown into the fiery lake of burning sulfur, joining the beast and the false prophet. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of LIfe was thrown into the lake of fire.” Rev. 20:10, 15
While reading the book of Revelation can be challenging, to say the least, the Lord himself says that we will be blessed by reading it, hearing it, and keeping it. There are many challenges to the people of God especially when reading the account of the churches that Jesus speaks about. It is also challenging to understand all of the mysteries that it holds and yet it tells of the future.
Everyone wants to know what their future holds and will go to lengths to find out. In various places in the world, people go to fortune tellers hoping to find out who their spouse will be, if success will be obtained, and other temporal things. The Lord tells us not to seek out those evil people. The important things of the future can be found in the pages of Scripture, at least those things that really matter throughout eternity.
In the passage today, we see what happens to Satan and his minions as they are released from prison and stage an assault on Jerusalem with the people that he has deceived. You realize the magnitude and might of God Almighty. He has no equal and none can come against him. An army that is as massive as the sand on the seashore comes and God kills all of them in a flash. He then takes Satan and throws him into the lake of fire permanently.
At any given point, God can end life as we know it in the blink of an eye, according to his will. Those who have surrendered their lives to him now will be written in the Book of Life and experience Him to the fullest for eternity. Those that are not in the Book will join Satan in the lake of fire for all eternity. It is time to wake up because life is short, hell is hot, and people need to hear before it is too late.
Do you know what the future holds?
Reading Plan: Psalm 89:1-18; Proverbs 20; Rev. 20:7-17; Matt. 17:1-13
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